In the past several weeks, the President of the United States tried to
undertake an attack against a foreign country, but the American people
said "Hell no!" and the Congress let the President know they couldn't
support it. How often does that happen?

I
was back in New Jersey to visit with high school friends in July. It
gave me the opportunity to visit the newly opened 9/11 Memorial. Not
surprisingly, what I saw made me spend days and weeks thinking about
the memorial itself, and the larger issue of 9/11 in our national life.
Out of all that I have seen and heard and read and thought about,
several thoughts keep rising to the top.

Is this the perfect moment for all of us to step outside our comfort zones?
I've started to think: maybe we can encourage many more people to see things in a new light. Maybe this is the meaning of a "mass movement" -- a large number of people moving a little, rather than just a few people moving a lot.

When Chicagoans fully succeed in fully connecting the dots
-- especially to the crimes being committed in their name with their
tax dollars and the weapons produced by their favored corporate citizen,
Boeing -- I think there will be some new and different phone calls
taking place . . .